History of the School

History of the School

Lycee Condorcet, the International French School of Sydney, was founded in the late 1960s to provide education to the children of French expatriate families in Sydney.

First located in Bondi, the school had to move to accommodate the increasing number of students. From 1989 to 2003, Lycée Condorcet was at 88 Cooper Street in a former public school in Maroubra.

Our current location at 758 Anzac Parade, Maroubra

In 2003, Lycée Condorcet purchased a public secondary school on two hectares in Maroubra, southwest of Sydney. The French government contributed generously to this purchase through the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE). Also, this move would not have been possible without their financial help or the support of Mr Bob Carr, then Premier of New South Wales.

Approved and registered with the Ministry of Education

Originally, not all our teaching was carried out face to face on the school premises, but with the help of the National Centre for Distance Education (CNED) in France. As the number of students increased all teaching eventually became face to face, with all class levels registered with the French Ministry of Education since 1989.